NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

HSE Director General Tony O'Brien and Health Minister Simon Harris met today to discuss the crisis in Emergency Departments. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Gardaí are investigating after a teenager died following a knife attack in Tallaght.
• A HIQA report has cautiously welcomed using e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking.
• Leo Varadkar said that lone parents can earn more under new measures that take effect from today.
• A man in his 70s died at a house fire in Cork.
• Home Sweet Home campaigners called on the government to put Nama buildings “on the table” to address homelessness.
• The crisis in Emergency Departments rumbled on, with long delays reported again today.
• Gardaí in Dublin arrested a woman after another woman was mugged and stabbed multiple times in Drumcondra on Tuesday evening.
• The troubled Irish charity GOAL is seeking to make 25 workers redundant.
• New figures released by the Health and Safety Authority showed that almost half of workplace deaths in 2016 occurred on farms.
• More than 500 people have already applied for the new first-time buyers scheme.

INTERNATIONAL

A Turkish police officer on patrol in central Istanbul Emrah Gurel AP / Press Association Images Emrah Gurel AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#TURKEY: Two attackers were killed after a car bomb exploded in the western Turkish city of Izmir.

#INTERFERENCE: Former US presidential candidate, and senator, John McCain has said that Russia undoubtedly interfered in November’s election and said “every American should be alarmed“.

#TERRORIST: The US added the son and heir of Osama bin Laden to its terrorist blacklist.

PARTING SHOT

The Washington Post Express had to apologise for an “embarrassing” mix-up where they accidently used a male symbol instead of a female symbol on the front page story about a women’s rights march. (via BBC)